AC COOK - WSP

State of Washington; Walla Walla (WA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, WA, seeks an AC Cook to join the food service team. The role involves assisting in meal preparation, supervising offenders, and maintaining safety and sanitation standards in a high-security kitchen.

You will train inmates, manage food production, and ensure accurate portioning and quality control. The Cook A/C position emphasizes adherence to HACCP protocols, proper use of equipment, and efficient daily operations within a 24/7 facility.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service operations.
• Ability to supervise and train offenders in kitchen tasks.
• Proficiency in recipe calculations and portion control.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the preparation and service of all food on a shift.
• Supervise and instruct offenders in cooking, baking, meat cutting, and food preparation.
• Train offenders in safe kitchen practices and HACCP compliance.
• Maintain HACCP logs and inventory controls.
• Ensure safety and sanitation standards to prevent hazards.

Skills

Food service supervision

Offender supervision

Math for recipes

HACCP safety knowledge

Tools

Mixer

Slicer

Grill

Steam kettle

Job description

AC COOK

Full Time, Non-Permanent

Washington State Penitentiary
Walla Walla, WA

The Department of Corrections is seeking highly motivated and qualified individual as an AC Cook at Washington State Penitentiary (WSP)

**Note: This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies that may occur.**

The Washington State Penitentiary is staff 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Whether the work is inside a prison, in community corrections, or in an administrative office, the Washington State Department of Corrections professional staff experience a high degree of personal satisfaction knowing they are creating environments in which all incarcerated individuals can learn to make choices that contribute to a safer society.
The Department of Corrections, as a partner in the criminal justice system, enhances public safety, administers criminal sanctions and programs in accordance with the law and provides leadership for the future of corrections in Washington State.
The Washington State Penitentiary is comprised of 4 Close Custody Units, 3 Special Housing Units, 2 Intensive Management Units, 2 Medium Units, 2 Minimum Housing Units and a Hospital. In all, WSP houses approximately 2,000 incarcerated individuals and employees approximately 1,100 staff.

This position contributes to the agency’s mission to improve public safety by providing oversight for the vocational training, direction, and supervision of an offender work crew. The Cook A/C provides offenders needed vocational and job skills training to become better prepared and equipped to find meaningful and productive employment upon their transition into the community. Under the supervision of a Cook A/C, offenders attain job skills and training in the preparation, cooking, serving, and storage of food, and receive instruction in the appropriate use of equipment.

Duty:

Participate in the preparation and service of all food on a shift, to include delivery via tractor and/or trailer.

Tasks include:

• Perform mathematical calculations, e.g., adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, in converting recipes to determine appropriate quantity of food product required to meet menu requirements and population to be served.
• Ensure adherence to appropriate portion control protocols.
• Check food product during and after preparation, ensuring appropriate quality standards are met and that adequate quantity has been prepared.
• Understand and apply rethermalization of food process/procedures if appropriate.
• Practice and perform progressive cooking techniques used for quality control and to decrease waste within the food service area.
• Follow basic safety practices to preclude hazards and accidents such as slipping on wet floors or where food has been spilled, possible cuts from knives, and being burned from steam, hot foods, stove, hot grease, and water.

Duty:

Supervise and instruct offenders in general cooking, baking, meat cutting, and food preparation and service.

Tasks include:

• Supervise, train, and instruct offenders in general food services practices including receipt of goods, storage of goods, preparation, cooking, and serving of food.
• Supervise and train offenders in preparing special diets (medical or religious) and preparing and setting up satellite trays or carts and serving lines. Service of meals includes segregation trays, service of mainline, preparation and distribution of sack lunches, and lock down meals.
• Supervise, coach, instruct, train, and provide constructive feedback to offenders in the safe handling, operation, care, use, and cleaning of kitchen equipment such as mixers, slicers, grills, steam kettles.
• In accordance with policy, train offenders in the preparation and serving of food, hygiene, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), use and care of equipment per manufacture’s guidelines, and safety hazards (HAZMAT).
• Maintain and model the highest standards of personal hygiene.
• Schedule and organize daily work of offenders.

Duty:

Perform inventory and reporting tasks.

Tasks include:

• Maintain and organize accurate food inventories, and rotate stock items to prevent spoilage and pilferage.
• Receive, store, and distribute raw and pre-prepared or pre-packaged food products in accordance with required standards.
• Complete, monitor, and maintain Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) logs.